Associate Professor of Accounting

PhD, the University of ArizonaMS in Accounting, Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University

Research Topics

Taxes

Repatriation of foreign earnings

Financial accounting

Capital structure

Effects of taxes on capital structure

Effects of taxes on business

Professor Albring's current research is focused on the extent to which firms forgo tax benefits as a function of their ability to meet financial earnings targets and existing loan covenants. She was recognized as a Lubin Research Fellow 2011-2012. She is a member of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She has previously taught at the University of South Florida. Prior to joining academe, Professor Albring was a senior tax consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in New York City. She has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Introduction to Financial Accounting, Advanced Financial Accounting, Introduction to Managerial Accounting, and Individual Income Taxation. Professor Albring was recognized as the Whitman Teaching Fellow 2012-2014. She was the recipient of both the Whitman School Beta Gamma Sigma Professor of the Year award and the School of Accounting Beta Alpha Psi Outstanding Teaching award at the Whitman School in 2004. She was also nominated for the Ernst & Young Inclusive Excellence Award for Accounting and Business School Faculty in both 2009 and 2010. Professor Albring is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of American Taxation Association.

Selected Publications

"Unexpected Fees and Material Weaknesses in Internal Control over Financial Reporting", Journal of Auditing, Accounting and Finance, forthcoming, (R. Elder and Xiaolu Xu)

"Discussion of 'Examining Investor Expectations Concerning Tax Savings on the Repatriations of Foreign Earnings under the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004'", The Journal of the American Taxation Association , 29 (2): 57-62, 2007